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Did you ask what happens when the existing stock runs out?
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I found out about this before Christmas. To be honest, the Smith factory is pretty much a production line anyway with the only crafting being the neck joint. I doubt it will mean much of a change so long as they do things in the same way and have the same wood. If Ken manages to delegate Customer Service to someone with tact and sensitivity, the brand might get even more recognition.
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MAudio stopped supporting my Mbox II some time ago. I was infuriated that a perfectly good piece of hardware could be rendered obsolete so arbitrarily. I resolved to never spend more than the absolute minimum on an interface again. I hope the same hasnt happened to my MAudio Delta 1010 but suspect it may have, which would be another damn waste.
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I have one of the graphite necked jobbies, I think it might be from 1986. I read somewhere he was being exploited by one supplier and it was the main reason he escaped.
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Very important advice. Thank you.
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Sup Jeff - welcome to the UK (potentially). I'm slightly envious of your face fur. Only slightly though. Good luck with getting settled in!
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You get major respect for just staying composed. I would have been fanboying out, too giddy and emotional at being in the presence of a musical legend to play...hell, that was one of the last songs I remember on TOTP before emigrating to NZ aged 10. It carries a lot of memories. -
I never played a bad Maton. The JB4 and MB4's were nice. Welcome aboard, mate.
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Really curious about the tracking - having already played the IR model when they were being put together by local boutique luthier Charles Cilia.
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I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on that.
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Have you gone as far as matching specific patches to songs? Or are they more of a random, that-sounds-good-I'll-include-it type of thing? If you had patches for specific songs that I was already interested in, I'd probably have your arm off.
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Yes, it inspired me to go out and get a used WT800 to replace my SWR Basic 350 only to discover that the WT800 actually sounded closer to the Basic 350 than it did to your WT400...
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It really doesn't matter. It's like asking what bass is best for funk...or metal even. It's not the amp that makes it funky and, so long as you get an amp that gives you enough control to get a sound that works for you, then that's all which is needed. I used a GK rig for a while in my dance/pop covers band because (as Bill Fitzmaurice suggested) it helped keep the mids prominent in a set up that otherwise favoured scooped mids. And don't get me started on which types of funk we're talking about either. Just go with whatever you like - valves and flats on a J bass for 70's, solid state and lightweight strings on a thru neck for 80's, stingray and gk amp for 90's, hybrid amp (SWR/Eden) with a MTD/Smith/Tobias for noughties, pretty much every kind of amp is covered within that genre.
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I had my first Smith in 2003 - purchased as NOS from The Low End. I will never forget the thrill of opening the case for the first time as I collected it, on my way through to China for the first time as well. It was a gorgeous instrument and I actually left it behind when I left for the final time but a kind colleague brought it back. Shortly after that I bought a 6 string as I'd always loved John Patitucci's sound pre-Yamaha, and then a rare 5 string fretless. The fretless was eventually sold to Randy Hope Taylor who had the Gallery sling frets on it... ...then I sold them all within 6 weeks. But they're great sounding instruments.
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London Calling P Bass On Show At Museum Of London.
Kiwi replied to Hobbayne's topic in General Discussion
Since they changed CEO a few years back, the MoL have put on some very interesting and entertaining exhibitions. I was a guest at an opening of one back in 2015 and it was a lot of fun - a surprisingly rare quality in the rarified circles of London's cultural glitterati. -
Fun gigs, play music you like, money, appreciative audience, what's not to like?
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I tru oiled my stratocaster neck some years ago - totally oblivious to any kind of process apart from what I found on youtube at the time (which wasn't anywhere near as clear as your advice). The results look like it, too. Tru oil is a great product though, I really liked using it. I would love to have an opportunity to do the finishing again but I can't get tru oil out here...at least not for a reasonable price.
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Mr Sklar is having a clear out. Not everything he has is for sale though, the fretted...useful Yammie TRB's he used in the 90's for example. But the Peavey TNT 150 wedges he used with them are up for grabs. https://reverb.com/marketplace?query=yamaha sklar&ships_to=XX
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That's quite nice although I would be inclined to remove some of the high end for my own personal taste. Make it a little more rubber bandy sounding.
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Light 'em up, ride 'em out!
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I've had plenty of requests to let cousin/best mate/son-in-law 'have a go' and sit in with the band on bass but I've turned them down flat every single time.
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I have two basses which I find interesting but I wouldn't use them on a gig. Another which wasn't intended for live use but I guess could be. Apart from that the others are for gigging if I should ever find myself doing that again. Ironically those giggable basses were all less than 1300 quid. One of them was 600 quid and replaced my main Smith bass. I remember being paranoid that the Smiths would be nicked. I actually turned down an opportunity to buy a preCBS jazz bass at lower than market value because I wasn't comfortable having that much cash tied up in something so portable (says him before eventually sinking five times the sum into a collectable classic car 6 years later after selling most of his bass collection). These days, I'd probably make something that gave me what I wanted. Although I'd still hanker for a Wal Mach II 5 string and a Celinder J Update 5 even so.
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Fill the cheese cavities with epoxy.
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WITHDRAWN - Corona MLD5 Signature 5 String Jazz Bass (Active Boost)
Kiwi replied to Double Thumper's topic in Basses For Sale
Goodness me MLD has a nice sounding bass. But I can't help but wonder how much of it is down to skillful eq and compression.
